Habitat in Alabama

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots. Schafale

Plants: 1485
Birds: 152

Plants

Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Alabama. Not a planting list.

Carolina Canary-grass
Phalaris caroliniana
Grass or sedge. Native
Common Carpetgrass
Axonopus fissifolius
Grass or sedge. Native
Common Threeseed Mercury
Acalypha rhomboidea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Cutleaf Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum pinnatum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Ivy leaf Thoroughwort
Chromolaena ivifolia
Native
Largeseed Forget-me-not
Myosotis macrosperma
Wildflower or fern. Native
Nodding Fescue
Festuca subverticillata
Grass or sedge. Native
Pineland Threeseed Mercury
Acalypha ostryifolia
Wildflower or fern. Native
Sleepy Catchfly
Silene antirrhina
Wildflower or fern. Native
Slender Threeseed Mercury
Acalypha gracilens
Wildflower or fern. Native
Southern Carpetgrass; Tropical Carpetgrass; Southern Carpet Grass; Tropical Carpet Grass
Axonopus compressus
Native
Southern Marsh Yellowcress
Rorippa teres
Wildflower or fern. Native
Spring Forget-me-not
Myosotis verna
Wildflower or fern. Native
Squirrel-tail Fescue
Festuca sciurea
Grass or sedge. Native
Texas Toadflax
Linaria texana
Wildflower or fern. Native
Variable-leaf Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum heterophyllum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Virginia Threeseed Mercury
Acalypha virginica
Wildflower or fern. Native
Azure Bluet
Houstonia caerulea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Beaked Hawkweed
Hieracium gronovii
Wildflower or fern. Native
Blue Ridge Golden-banner
Thermopsis villosa
Wildflower or fern. Native
Capitate Spike Rush; Capitate Spikerush
Eleocharis geniculata
Native
Eleocharis montana
Eleocharis montana
Native
Fragrant Rabbit-tobacco
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
Wildflower or fern. Native
Maryland Hawkweed
Hieracium marianum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Rattlesnake Hawkweed
Hieracium venosum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Rose Bluet
Houstonia rosea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Southern Bluet
Houstonia micrantha
Wildflower or fern. Native
Summer Bluet
Houstonia purpurea
Wildflower or fern. Native
Tiny Bluet
Houstonia pusilla
Wildflower or fern. Native
Blunt Spike Rush
Eleocharis obtusa
Grass or sedge. Native
Cone-cup Spikerush
Eleocharis tuberculosa
Grass or sedge. Native
Horsetail Spikerush
Eleocharis equisetoides
Grass or sedge. Native
Needle Spikerush
Eleocharis acicularis
Grass or sedge. Native
Sand Spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
Grass or sedge. Native
Bigtop Lovegrass
Eragrostis hirsuta
Grass or sedge. Native
Lace Lovegrass
Eragrostis capillaris
Grass or sedge. Native
Plains Lovegrass
Eragrostis intermedia
Grass or sedge. Native
Purple Lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Grass or sedge. Native
Silky Oatgrass
Danthonia sericea
Grass or sedge. Native
Tufted or Desert Love Grass
Eragrostis pectinacea
Grass or sedge. Native
Canada Frostweed
Crocanthemum canadense
Shrub. Native
Carolina Frostweed
Crocanthemum carolinianum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Drummonds Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus var. drummondii
Grass or sedge. Native
Forked Bluecurls
Trichostema dichotomum
Wildflower or fern. Native
Georgia Frostweed
Crocanthemum georgianum
Shrub. Native
Hairy Four-o'clock
Mirabilis albida
Shrub. Native
Kunth's Maiden-fern
Pelazoneuron kunthii
Native
Rosemary Frostweed
Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium
Shrub. Native

Wildlife

Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.

Birds 117

Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Year-round
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Summer
Thayer's Gull
Larus thayeri
Winter
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Year-round
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
Year-round
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Year-round
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Summer
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Year-round
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Winter
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Winter
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Year-round
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Winter
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Year-round
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Year-round, beside its main habitat
Wilson's Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
Winter
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Winter
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Winter
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Summer
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Winter
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Summer
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Summer

Near water in this habitat 35

These use it only close to water, such as stream banks for nesting.

American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
Winter, only within 120 m of water
American Bittern
Botaurus lentiginosus
Winter, only within 500 m of water
American Black Duck
Anas rubripes
Winter, only within 30 m of water
American Wigeon
Anas americana
Winter, only within 60 m of water
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
Summer, only within 250 m of water
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Summer, only within 500 m of water
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Winter, only within 500 m of water
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Year-round, only within 120 m of water
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Winter, only within 250 m of water
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Year-round, only within 500 m of water
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Summer, only within 2,000 m of water
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
Summer, only within 1,000 m of water
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Winter, only within 250 m of water
Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
Year-round, only within 120 m of water, for banks and other nest sites
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Winter, only within 500 m of water
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Year-round, only within 500 m of water
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Winter, only within 30 m of water
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
Year-round, only within 60 m of water
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Year-round, only within 1,000 m of water
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Winter, only within 1,000 m of water
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Winter, only within 60 m of water
Sora
Porzana carolina
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Year-round, only within 250 m of water
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
Winter, only within 120 m of water
Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Summer, only within 500 m of water
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
Year-round, only within 4,000 m of water
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Winter, only within 60 m of water
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Year-round, only within 500 m of water

Sources

Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.